140 BC

Judea

Asia

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Egypt

• Scipio Aemilianus leads a group of Roman ambassadors to Alexandria, where they meet with Ptolemy VIII.

Judea

• Simon Maccabaeus
  Simon Maccabaeus
  
  Simon Maccabaeus was a son of Mattathias Maccabaeus and thus a member of the Hasmonean family.He took part in the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by his brothers, Judas Maccabaeus and Jonathan Maccabaeus....
   crowned king of Judea
  Judea
  
  Judea or Jud?a is the name given to the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel , an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank ....
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Asia

• Han Wudi becomes emperor of China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
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Births

• Lucius Licinius Crassus
  Lucius Licinius Crassus
  
  Lucius Licinius Crassus was a Roman consul. He was considered the greatest Roman orator of his day, by his pupil Cicero.He became consul in 95 BC....
  , Roman consul
  Consul
  
  Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
   (d. 91 BC)
• Huo Qubing
  Huo Qubing
  
  Huo Qubing , born in Linfen, Shanxi, was a general of the western Han dynasty under Emperor Wu of Han. Being the illegitimate son of Wei Shaoer, he was the nephew of Wei Qing and Empress Wei Zifu....
  , Chinese general of the Han Dynasty (d. 117 BC)
• Su Wu
  Su Wu
  
  Su Wu was a diplomat and statesman during China's Han Dynasty, well-known in Chinese history for his faithfulness to his mission and his empire....
   (d. 60 BC)

Deaths